GNU bug report logs - #41846
[PATCH] Fix 24-bit direct TTY colors on FreeBSD

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jan Beich <jbeich <at> FreeBSD.org>
Cc: 41846-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41846: [PATCH] Fix 24-bit direct TTY colors on FreeBSD
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:32:55 +0300

> From: Jan Beich <jbeich <at> FreeBSD.org>
> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 06:49:31 +0200
> 
> FreeBSD only ships with /etc/termcap. However, termcap is limited to 2
> arguments while RGB colors require 3. To support RGB add a fallback via
> COLORTERM, using semicolon version for better compatibility.
> 
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/512845/emacs-with-24bit-terminal-support-on-freebsd
> https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728#true-color-detection
> https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues/1485
> 
> Test case:
> $ pkg install emacs-devel-nox alacritty libxkbcommon mesa-dri dejavu
> $ alacritty
> $ env -u COLORTERM emacs -nw -Q -f list-colors-display
> $ env COLORTERM=rxvt emacs -nw -Q -f list-colors-display
> $ env COLORTERM=truecolor emacs -nw -Q -f list-colors-display

Thanks, I installed the changes on the master branch.

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